Citadel·Quantitative Researcher

Citadel Quantitative Researcher interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

New York, NYPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a video interview that was purely quant-focused and puzzle-driven.

After that, I had a more informal behavioral call with a recruiter who also walked me through the role. I then went into what was supposed to be another technical slot, but one of the interviewers had to reschedule a day before due to a sudden conflict, and the timing got messy.

When the interview did happen, it was back to math puzzles again, and the question format felt like it wanted quick, clean reasoning rather than lengthy derivations. The most intense part was how relentless the technical depth became: I was also later asked very heavy math and probability topics—expected value and

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